The FCW Divas Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), a former developmental territory of WWE . It was contested for in their women's division . A tournament was held to determine the inaugural champion.
104-401: The first champion was Naomi Knight who won an eight-woman tournament on June 10, 2010, by defeating Serena in the tournament finals. There were six reigns shared between six wrestlers, and one vacancy. In August 2012, the championship was retired when FCW closed down in favor of NXT , WWE's new development system. The final champion was Caylee Turner , however due to her August 2012 release,
208-541: A Last Chance match . On December 9, at Final Resolution , Trinity and Jordynne Grace defeated Deonna Purrazzo and Gisele Shaw . Following Bound for Glory, it was announced that Impact Wrestling would be rebranding back to Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling in 2024, therefore the title would become the TNA Knockouts World Championship. After winning the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match , it
312-406: A Shimmer Tag Team Championship shot against Ashley Lane and Nevaeh, which ended when they started using chairs against the champions. Despite having just wrestled, Martinez assisted Serena in clearing the ring and keeping Del Rey at bay. Their attempts at Volume 26 to form a successful tag team saw them come undone against Del Rey and Kong's brutish power. Also in early 2009, Serena appeared in
416-688: A WWE show. However, her main passion as a child, from the age of five until she actively pursued wrestling at 18, was soccer . Deeb graduated from Oakton High School in 2004. She attended Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana , where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish . Serena started her wrestling career with the Ohio Valley Wrestling School, where she trained from March until November 2005 after relocating on her own money from Virginia to Kentucky to attend
520-631: A legitimate displaced fracture of the orbital bone during a match against Aksana on Raw . She returned on the March 17 episode of Raw , teaming with Cameron to defeat Lee and Snuka in a tag team match. On April 6 at WrestleMania XXX , Naomi competed in the Vickie Guerrero Invitational match for the Lee's Divas Championship, where Lee successfully retained her title. At Money in the Bank , Naomi lost to
624-515: A spike DDT . Serena accompanied Joe E. Legend in the main event against Gangrel, which the latter won. Serena found herself back in France during March 2009 for American Wrestling Rampage's nine-day tour of France. For most of the events, Serena wrestled fellow Shimmer wrestler Portia Perez , who was the only other woman on the tour. After two losses, Serena managed to pick up a victory but would only gain one more from their eight singles matches. On
728-695: A worked shoot promo directed at the women. On the September 15, Naomi competed against Natalya, Brie Bella, and Lee in a fatal four-way match for the Divas Championship at Night of Champions , where Lee retained the title. The cast of Total Divas went on to defeat Lee, Alicia Fox, Aksana , Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes , Tamina Snuka , and Summer Rae in a traditional elimination tag team match at Survivor Series . On December 15 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , Naomi, Cameron and Tensai abandoned Clay due to his attitude. In February 2014, Naomi suffered
832-521: A Four Way match over Alicia , Portia Perez and Jana to become number one contender to the WSU Championship . Deeb would target WSU Champion Mercedes Martinez by attacking her after a title defense late that evening and cutting some of Martinez's hair. Serena received her title shot in the main event of WSU's 4 Year Anniversary show where she was defeated by Mercedes. On June 25, 2011, at The Uncensored Rumble IV event Serena defeated Nikki Roxx but
936-449: A bar as an alibi for Punk's whereabouts, raising the ire of The Society; she was forgiven by Punk the next week, though Gallows showed signs of disapproval. This incident was the first of many signs of trouble within the group, leading to Serena's first and only televised match in WWE on August 20 (taped August 17). In a match where she and Gallows would be expelled from The Society if they lost,
1040-621: A brawl between the three teams. The three teams faced off in a three team elimination match on August 23 at SummerSlam , which was won by Team PCB. At the 2015 Tribute to the Troops in December, Team B.A.D. and Paige defeated Brie Bella, Charlotte, Fox, and Lynch in an eight-woman tag team match. On the February 1, 2016, episode of Raw , Banks left the team, which caused Naomi and Tamina to attack her. Naomi and Tamina later lost to Banks and Lynch in
1144-525: A customized title belt with LED lights of various colors. On August 20 at SummerSlam , Naomi dropped the SmackDown Women's Championship to Natalya, ending her reign at 140 days. On November 19 at Survivor Series , Naomi competed in a five-on-five elimination tag team match, where she eliminated Raw team captain Alicia Fox, before being eliminated herself by Sasha Banks, with her team ultimately losing
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#17328990996361248-514: A feud with Mandy Rose after Rose started flirting with Naomi's real-life husband, Jimmy Uso , to "ruin Naomi's life", which involved Rose hinting at kissing Uso as well as Naomi attacking Rose in a hotel room to which Rose invited Uso. At Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019, Naomi and Rose eliminated each other during the women's Royal Rumble match. The two exchanged victories over each other in February. That same month, Naomi teamed up with Carmella in
1352-595: A four-corner survival match to earn a shot at the Shimmer Championship. She got her shot on Volume 41 in October but was defeated by Madison Eagles . Serena lost to Nicole Matthews on Volume 42 after interference from Portia Perez. Serena finished her rivalry with Portia on Volume 43 by defeating her in a no holds barred match. After 18 months off due to injury, Serena made her return for Shimmer Women Athletes as part of WrestleCon on April 6, 2013. In her return match at
1456-559: A gang member named Murphy. Fatu modeled as part of New York Fashion Week alongside Mercedes Varnado in September 2022. Trinity and longtime boyfriend Jonathan Fatu, better known by the ring name Jimmy Uso , were married in Maui on January 16, 2014. Through their marriage, she is a member of the Anoaʻi family , a Samoan-American wrestling dynasty. The couple resides in Pensacola, Florida . She
1560-483: A hiatus by entering the Royal Rumble match at number 18, lasting 22 minutes before being eliminated by Shayna Baszler . She later attributed her time away to health issues and a relative's death. The following month, Naomi lost to Bayley in a match for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Super Showdown . In April at WrestleMania 36 , Naomi competed in a five-way elimination match for the same title, during which she
1664-626: A losing effort to the Dangerous Angels (Danger and Del Rey). In the middle of the year she was similarly unsuccessful against Lacey at United We Stand and afterwards received a beating from her Age of The Fall partners Rain and Jimmy Jacobs until Haze saved her. She also came out on the losing end of a Shimmer guest match at 2008's Southern Hostility in a four corner survival match. She returned to ROH for their year-end internet pay-per-view Final Battle 2010 teaming with long-term rival Del Rey against Daizee Haze and Amazing Kong , winning
1768-645: A member of villainous group the Straight Edge Society , for their match against D-Generation X for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship . However, Theodore Long changed the title match and instead set up a singles match between Punk and Triple H , during which she and Gallows attacked Triple H, disqualifying Punk in the process. On the July 2, 2010, edition of SmackDown , Serena unwillingly showed video security footage of her drinking alcohol at
1872-431: A new gimmick , which included a new look and entrance, dubbed " The Glow ", and became a face once again. On August 21 at SummerSlam , Naomi competed in a six-woman tag team match alongside Becky Lynch and Carmella against Natalya, Alexa Bliss , and Nikki Bella, where Naomi's team was defeated after Bella pinned Carmella. On September 11 at Backlash , Naomi competed in a six-pack elimination challenge to determine
1976-505: A playable character in WWE 2K15 , WWE 2K16 , WWE 2K17 , WWE 2K18 , WWE 2K19 , WWE 2K20 , WWE 2K Battlegrounds and WWE 2K22 . Fatu was part of the main cast of the reality television series Total Divas , produced by WWE and E! , which premiered in July 2013. Fatu was not part of the second half of season three that aired January 2015 to March 2015 but returned as a main cast member for season four. She did not appear during
2080-454: A previous encounter, Naomi faced Jax for the title on the November 15 episode of SmackDown , but was unsuccessful after interference from Stratton and Candice LeRae . She made her in-game debut in WWE '13 as a non-player character along with her then-tag team partner Cameron, appearing during Brodus Clay's entrance and winning celebration, as well as in WWE 2K14 . She later appeared as
2184-443: A right to a date after defeating Lumpy Magoo in late September. After being rebuffed by Serena on the date, Moose turned sour and tried to interfere in a championship defence against Josie only for Magoo, who was accompanying Serena, to make sure his interference did not cost her the title. On October 29, Serena teamed with Magoo and defeated Moose and Women's Championship contender Reggie in a tag team match. On November 12, Serena lost
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#17328990996362288-565: A serious concussion. Her break ended up lasting eighteen months. On March 17, 2013, Deeb returned to TNA to take part in the tapings of the Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view, where she was defeated by Mickie James . On July 25, Deeb returned to Japan to work for Smash's follow-up promotion, Wrestling New Classic (WNC), unsuccessfully challenging Lin Byron for the WNC Women's Championship in
2392-561: A singles match. Following the main event, Deeb joined the promotion's top villainous stable, Valkyrie. Deeb challenged for the Shine Championship against Ivelisse at Shine 20 , with their match ending in a time-limit draw. On March 21, 2014, Deeb debuted for Queens of Combat as a villainess at the promotion's first show, competing in a losing effort to Taeler Hendrix . On June 17, 2015, Reina Joshi Puroresu's promotion announced that Deeb would be wrestling her retirement match for
2496-496: A six-team Elimination Chamber match for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at the namesake pay-per-view , where they were the first team eliminated. During the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up on April 15, Naomi was drafted to the Raw brand . She unsuccessfully competed in the women's Money in the Bank ladder match at the namesake pay-per-view the following month. At Royal Rumble on January 26, 2020, Naomi returned from
2600-408: A speech during which Josie and Melody attacked her, almost double-pinning her only for Reggie to come out and pin all three of them to win the title for a matter of minutes until Serena speared Reggie and won it back – and by August the 24/7 ruling was deactivated after Serena won the title back for an unprecedented sixth time. After this, wrestler Moose sought Serena's affections, eventually winning
2704-527: A tag team match at Fastlane . On the WrestleMania 32 pre-show, Naomi and Tamina teamed up with Lana , Emma , and Summer Rae in a 10-Diva tag team match against Brie Bella, Paige, Fox, Eva Marie, and Natalya, where Naomi's team was defeated. In early May, Naomi became inactive due to a torn ankle tendon. Naomi was drafted to the SmackDown brand on July 19 as part of the 2016 WWE draft . She then debuted
2808-452: A tag team match where she and Daisy Mae defeated ODB and Sosay . At OVW's Six Flags event, ODB scored a return victory as she and Venus defeated Serena and Daisy. In her television debut at the June 21 tapings, Serena came out to save the participants of OVW's first bikini contest, who had been attacked by ODB. She defeated ODB in a singles match at another Six Flags show at the end of June but
2912-422: A traditional elimination tag team match, where she eliminated Cameron and eventually Paige to get the win for her team in a clean sweep. In December 2014, Naomi became involved with The Usos ' feud with The Miz , which involved The Miz offering to help further Naomi's musical career, much to her husband Jimmy Uso's dismay. On the December 16 episode of Super SmackDown , Naomi competed against Nikki Bella for
3016-523: A victory in a rematch during Volume 6 with a roll-up pin. Despite this win, she went on a losing streak in both tag team and singles competition until she reversed Lexie Fyfe 's Attitude Adjuster into a roll-up during Volume 10 . Later at Volume 14: Hot Summer Nights Fyfe defeated Daffney and, after exposing her long-suffering knee injury, proceeded to assault her after the match with Experience tag team partner Malia Hosaka . Daffney's friend MsChif and Serena, having history with Fyfe, came to clear
3120-415: A win over Angela to become the second Queen of FCW. While defending her crown, Mancini began taking on WWE Divas from the televised roster, defeating Tiffany , Natalya, Savannah and Gail Kim . Later in September, Mancini was involved in a backstage segment which was unacknowledged by the commentary team where a mysterious man told her to lose her match against Angela, though she would refuse to. At
3224-494: A winning streak, though Serena herself could not emulate this as her title match with Melody on February 25 saw Melody retain the title via disqualification. On the 500th episode of OVW, she challenged Melody once again, this time in a steel cage match, but failed to win the championship. On October 22, 2006, Serena began working for Shimmer Women Athletes at Volume 5 where she lost to Amber O'Neal in her debut match after O'Neal used Serena's tights to keep her down. She gained
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3328-572: A “5 minute rookie challenge” where she dominates her inexperienced adversaries. Deeb returned to wrestling after a fourteen-month hiatus due to seizures, defeating Robyn Renegade on the January 27 episode of Collision . Deeb became the number one contender for the AEW Women's Championship on the May 1 episode of Dynamite , defeating Mariah May after AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm threw in
3432-508: Is a former NWA Worlds Women's Champion , Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling champion. Serena was a six-time Women's Champion , Shimmer Women Athletes and Wrestling New Classic and a one-time WNC Women's Champion . Deeb was born in Fairfax, Virginia , on June 29, 1986, and raised in Oakton, Virginia . Deeb's love of wrestling began when she was eleven after watching
3536-565: Is an American professional wrestler and dancer. She is signed to WWE , where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Naomi . In August 2009, Fatu signed with WWE. She was assigned to its former developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she was the inaugural FCW Divas Champion . In August 2010, she competed in the all-female third season of NXT , where she finished in second place. She then made her main roster debut alongside Cameron as The Funkadactyls in January 2012. From 2014 to 2015, she
3640-525: Is the longest at 197 days, while Caylee Turner 's reign is the shortest at 43 days. Aksana is the oldest champion at 29 years old, while Diaz is the youngest at 21 years old. Turner was the final champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Diaz on June 29, 2012, during a Live event , held and it for 43 days until her release on August 11. On the same day, the championship was retired due to FCW closing down. Naomi Knight Trinity Fatu ( née McCray ; born November 30, 1987)
3744-477: Is the stepmother to Fatu's two children. Serena Deeb Serena Deeb (born June 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is well known for her first stint with WWE , appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling , under the ring name Serena . Deeb made appearances for National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she
3848-777: The NWA World Women's Champion for the first time in her career. Deeb also defeated Rosa on the November 18 edition of AEW Dynamite by retaining her NWA Women's title. On the February 17, 2021, episode of Dynamite , Deeb competed in the AEW Women's World Title Eliminator Tournament , where Deeb lost to Riho in the first round at the American bracket. On March 5, Deeb confirmed that she injured her left knee. On May 19, Deeb returned to action taking on Red Velvet defending her championship, Deeb defeated Velvet resulting in Deeb retaining her NWA Women's title. At When Our Shadows Fall , Deeb lost
3952-553: The Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Fatu, once again performing as Naomi, made her return to WWE marking her first appearance within the company in nearly two years as a surprise entrant in the women's Royal Rumble match . Naomi entered the match at number 2 and lasted one hour and two minutes before being eliminated by Jade Cargill . On February 2, Naomi was officially assigned to SmackDown . Two weeks later Naomi had her first singles match back in WWE defeating Alba Fyre to qualify for
4056-467: The Volume 33 taping for Shimmer, Serena made a surprise return to the promotion, answering Kellie Skater 's open challenge and defeating her in a singles match. She then had a verbal confrontation with former partner Portia Perez who accused her of selling out by going to WWE which led to a match at Volume 35 where Serena submitted to a crossface after the referee was distracted from seeing Serena reaching
4160-403: The namesake pay-per-view , won by Alexa Bliss. On October 28, she took part in the first all-women's pay-per-view, Evolution , competing in a women's battle royal match, which was won by Jax. In November at Survivor Series , she competed in a traditional elimination tag team match as part of Team SmackDown, where she was the first woman eliminated from the match by Tamina. Naomi then entered
4264-500: The April 19 episode of Smackdown where Stratton interfered and caused a disqualification. This led to a triple threat match for the title at Backlash: France where Naomi was unsuccessful. On the June 28 episode of SmackDown, Naomi defeated Blair Davenport and Indi Hartwell to qualify for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match , though she was unsuccessful at the namesake event . After pinning WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax in
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4368-604: The Bella Twins in an eight-person mixed tag team match at WrestleMania 29 , but after the match was cut due to time constraints, it instead took place the following night on Raw , with Tons of Funk coming out victorious. On the August 26 episode of Raw , Naomi was ringside for a match between Natalya and Brie Bella alongside the cast of Total Divas , also including Cameron, Nikki Bella, Eva Marie , and JoJo Offerman , which ended with Divas Champion AJ Lee coming out and cutting
4472-497: The Divas Championship, where she lost the match after Jimmy Uso caused a distraction due to his anger of The Miz being present. After Alicia Fox joined The Miz and Mizdow, Naomi and the Usos competed against the three in a series of mixed tag team matches , where Naomi's team repeatedly lost. On March 29, she accompanied The Usos during their match on the WrestleMania 31 pre-show, in which they unsuccessfully challenged Kidd and Cesaro for
4576-522: The February 4, 2010, FCW television tapings, AJ Lee defeated Serena, who incorporated her SmackDown character into the Mancini role, to become the new Queen of FCW. When Matt Martlaro announced that there would be a creation of the FCW Divas Championship , Serena competed in the tournament to determine the inaugural Champion, during which she defeated Aksana and AJ Lee en route to the final where she
4680-647: The Impact Knockouts World Championship for the first time in her career. On August 27, during the main event of Emergence , Trinity had her first successful title defense by defeating Purrazzo. at Victory Road , Trinity successfully defended her title against Alisha Edwards . On October 21, at Bound for Glory , Trinity successfully defended her title against Mickie James , in what Trinity described as one of her all-time favorite moments in her career. On October 27, at Turning Point , Trinity successfully defended her title against Deonna Purrazzo in
4784-504: The NWA Women's title to Kamille . On the October 6 episode of Dynamite, Deeb turned heel by attacking Hikaru Shida after she defeated her in a match. On October 27 episode of Dynamite Deeb had a rematch with Shida in the AEW TBS women's championship tournament which Deeb lost and resulted in Deeb attacking Shida again. Deeb would then start using the nickname “the professor” and hosting
4888-549: The Royal Rumble match at the namesake event in January 2022. Naomi teamed up with Ronda Rousey to defeat Deville and Charlotte Flair at Elimination Chamber the next month. On the second night of WrestleMania 38 , Naomi teamed with Sasha Banks to compete in a four-way tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, in which they defeated the respective teams of Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley , Natalya and Shayna Baszler, and titleholders Carmella and Queen Zelina to become
4992-488: The September 21 episode of NXT , she teamed with Kelly and Jamie Keyes, defeating Layla , Michelle McCool , and Kaitlyn . On the October 26 episode of NXT , Naomi defeated Maxine in a singles match. On November 30, Naomi lost the competition to Kaitlyn, placing second in the season. On the January 23, 2011, Naomi lost the championship to Lee on FCW TV . On January 9, 2012, Naomi made her main roster debut on Raw alongside Cameron as valets for Brodus Clay , with
5096-483: The Shimmer Champion raising Serena's hand. Despite a storied build up over the years, including a seldom used video package to hype the main event, Serena was unsuccessful in her match. Though she failed to win her title match, it seemed her rivalry with Del Rey wasn't over. As well as bouncing back over Cat Power, she had a competitive victory over Mercedes Martinez . After her match, Del Rey and Amazing Kong had
5200-418: The SmackDown Women's Champion for the first time in her career, as well as the first African-American woman to capture the title. The following Tuesday, she relinquished the title due to a legitimate injury she sustained during the title match. On April 2, Naomi made her in-ring return in a six-pack challenge in her hometown of Orlando at WrestleMania 33 , where she made Bliss submit, successfully regaining
5304-420: The SmackDown Women's Championship. Two days later, she defeated Bliss in a rematch to retain the championship. On June 18, Naomi defeated Lana to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship at Money in the Bank . She then went on to retain the title over Lana two more times on the June 27 and July 4 episodes of SmackDown , the latter of which involved a seven-second submission victory. In July, Naomi debuted
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#17328990996365408-517: The Volume 53 internet pay-per-view, Serena teamed with Allison Danger and Leva Bates to defeat The Midwest Militia ( Jessicka Havok , Nevaeh and Sassy Stephie ) in a six-woman tag team match, pinning Nevaeh for the win. Afterwards, Serena was attacked by Havok. Due to Shimmer's working relationship with Ring of Honor (ROH), Serena began to make occasional appearances for ROH in 2007 as part of February's Fifth Year Festival , she teamed up with MsChif in
5512-581: The WWE Tag Team Championship. On the April 13 episode of Raw , Naomi unsuccessfully competed in a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the Divas Championship. After the bout, Naomi attacked Paige for eliminating her to ultimately win the match, turning heel . As Paige had been injured by the attack, Naomi was granted a match against Bella for the title at Extreme Rules , where she failed to win after interference from Brie Bella. In May, Naomi attacked The Bella Twins alongside
5616-537: The barrel" but an impromptu brawl turned into a sanctioned match, in which Serena once again put up a strong effort but lost. The event closed with Serena talking backstage about how the defeat would not stop her in trying to become champion at which point MsChif, the Shimmer Champion, commended her drive and ambition and offered her a match on the condition of beating Del Rey. At Volume 22 Del Rey's manager, Larry Sweeney , announced she did not need to face Serena having beaten her twice already and that Del Rey's only goal
5720-538: The championship to Melody in a four-way match with Josie and Reggie. In 2009, Serena turned heel for the first time in her career. This was signalled when she appeared on January 14 with The Insurgency, including Ali Akbar, Turcan Celik, and Bin Hamin, to help them win a non-title match against the Southern Tag Team Champions Totally Awesome. With Serena in their corner, The Insurgency went on
5824-543: The championship was already vacated when it was deactivated as a result of the re-branding. The title was replaced the following year with the NXT Women's Championship . A tournament was held at the FCW television tapings from April to June 2010 to determine the inaugural champion. Over the championship's two-year history, there have been six reigns between six champions. Naomi Night was the inaugural champion. Raquel Diaz 's reigns
5928-553: The duo dubbed The Funkadactyls . On the TLC pre-show on December 16, Naomi scored a victory in a Santa's Little Helpers battle royal , earning a match against Divas Champion Eve Torres later that night, where she lost. On the March 15, 2013, episode of SmackDown , The Funkadactyls were attacked backstage by The Bella Twins . The Funkadactyls, Clay, and Tensai , collectively known as Tons of Funk, were originally set to face Team Rhodes Scholars ( Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow ) and
6032-512: The duo took on Big Show and Kelly Kelly in a mixed tag team match, where Serena used a gutbuster to pin Kelly. On August 20, Serena was released from her WWE contract, reportedly for not "living out" her straight edge persona in public. Because SmackDown was pre-recorded, her release was not revealed immediately, which gave her one last appearance, airing on August 27 as a valet to Punk and Gallows in separate matches. On September 11, 2010, at
6136-540: The eventual Shimmer Champion having missed out on her tournament opportunity, but still could not maintain a winning streak, falling victim to Rain and later her tag team partner Jetta . After being eliminated from a 20-woman Battle Royal to determine the Shimmer Championship contender during Volume 19 , Serena pinpointed champion Sara Del Rey for her next match, but came up short. On Volume 21 , Serena maintained she demanded another title match, blaming her loss on an injury. Sara Del Rey refused, calling her "bottom of
6240-465: The final night, she teamed up with Scotty The Hotty to gain a third victory over Perez and Chris Masters in a tag team match. In November 2010, Serena debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) and established herself as a villainess by cutting a promo stating that she should be handed a title shot because she was in WWE. Serena would later gain a victory over Traci Brooks on WSU's first internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Serena followed up by winning
6344-670: The finals of the tournament. On August 10, Deeb defeated Syuri in the finals to win the tournament and become the new WNC Women's Champion. Continuing her tour of Japan, Deeb made her debut for the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana promotion on September 8, teaming with Makoto in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Crazy Mary and Mima Shimoda . On September 18, Deeb lost the WNC Women's Championship to Syuri in her first defense. On January 24, 2014, Deeb made her debut for Shine Wrestling , defeating Santana Garrett in
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#17328990996366448-559: The first night of WrestleMania 37 to determine the No. 1 contenders for the Women's Tag Team Championship, where the duo was defeated. In August 2021, Naomi became part of the SmackDown roster. She subsequently began a feud with Sonya Deville , who was an authority figure. The feud developed due to Naomi's persistence in asking for matches, irritating Deville. Naomi and Deville eliminated each other from
6552-533: The first time in nearly 7 years, as part of the first Mae Young Classic on July 13, 2017, defeating Vanessa Borne in the first round. This was Deeb's first match since 2015. The following day, Deeb was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Piper Niven . It was announced on February 8, 2018, that Deeb has been signed by WWE to become a coach at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. She
6656-462: The fledgling all-female Wrestlicious promotion. In the camp show, Take Down she was known as " Webmistress " Paige Webb and debuted on the second episode of their television show which, while being recorded in early 2009, was not broadcast until March 2010 after she had begun to appear in WWE. In her first singles match she lost to "Ice Princess" Autumn Frost and won her first match on the fifth episode, where she teamed with Charlotte to take on
6760-603: The inaugural FCW Divas Champion . On the August 29 episode of FCW TV , Naomi competed in a match against AJ Lee, where both the Queen of FCW title and the FCW Divas Championship were on the line, which ended in a double count-out. Naomi joined the all-female third season of NXT in 2010, with Kelly Kelly as her pro. Naomi debuted on the September 7 episode of NXT , where she teamed with Kelly to defeat Alicia Fox and fellow rookie Maxine after Naomi pinned Maxine. On
6864-614: The inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion , where she would eliminate Bliss before being eliminated herself by Natalya. On November 20, Naomi competed as part of the SmackDown women's team against the Raw women's team at the Survivor Series pay-per-view, where her team lost. After two months of inactivity, Naomi returned on the January 24, 2017, episode of SmackDown , in a confrontation against SmackDown Women's Champion Bliss. On February 12, Naomi defeated Bliss at Elimination Chamber , becoming
6968-448: The lose the match to Hikaru Shida later that night. Frustrated, Deeb attacked Aminata on the September 14 episode of Collision after she mocked Deeb for losing a match that night, officially reverting Deeb back into a heel in the process. A match between Deeb and Aminata then was made official for the following episode of Collision, where Deeb won. Outside the ring, Deeb works as a yoga instructor. Deeb also works backstage for AEW as
7072-440: The loss, Serena changed her partners and teamed with Roadkill and Kasey James for a mixed tag team match with The Untouchables , including Cherry Pie, but lost once more. Later that month, a dark match between her and Beth Phoenix ended in a no contest and was changed into a tag match, which Serena and Shelly Martinez lost to Beth Phoenix and Maria. Serena then began to feud with ODB . In early June, Martinez guest refereed
7176-555: The main event of a show at Shinjuku Face . Three days later, Deeb made her debut for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, teaming with Hanako Nakamori and Morii in a six-woman tag team match, where they were defeated by Kayoko Haruyama , Leon and Tsubasa Kuragaki . On August 3, Deeb entered a three-woman round-robin tournament for the vacant WNC Women's Championship, defeating Makoto in her first match. On August 8, Deeb defeated Syuri in her second round-robin match, advancing to
7280-544: The main event of the September 13 episode of OVW TV involving ODB, Beth Phoenix and Katie Lea . When she became champion, Serena was targeted by Beth Phoenix. She managed to retain her title on September 16's house show but lost a televised rematch on October 4. Serena instantly set her sights on winning back the title and commandeered an all-female six-man tag team victory over Beth Phoenix and her team three days later before interfering in Beth's title defence, spearing her to end
7384-540: The match after taking out Kong with a spear to let Del Rey pin Haze. Serena appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 's pay-per-view Slammiversary in June 2008, where she took part in Awesome Kong's $ 25,000 Fan Challenge in a three-minute squash match, as did fellow OVW and Shimmer wrestler Josie , who signed a contract with the company. In November 2008 at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate show, Serena wrestled Daffney for
7488-466: The match in disqualification just as Phoenix was about to pin ODB. Though she would continue to interfere with Phoenix, Serena never had the chance to win back the title as Katie 'The Kat' Lea won the championship in the penultimate round of a gauntlet match Phoenix had to contest, losing on the sixth match while a refreshed Kat only had Serena to defend against. Serena tried to contend with The Kat once more for
7592-418: The match. On January 28, 2018, Naomi competed in the inaugural women's Royal Rumble match at the namesake pay-per-view , entering at number 20 and lasting 06:49 before she was eliminated by Nia Jax . On the WrestleMania 34 kick-off show, Naomi went on to win the inaugural WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal by eliminating Bayley . In June, Naomi competed in her first Money in the Bank ladder match at
7696-475: The new Divas Champion Paige in a title match. On the July 7 episode of Raw , Naomi and Cameron lost to Lee and Paige in a tag team match, which caused a brawl to ensue between Cameron and Naomi. Naomi and Cameron faced off on the Battleground pre-show, during which the former lost. Naomi went on to secure a victory over Cameron on the September 15 episode of Raw . At Survivor Series , Naomi participated in
7800-413: The new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. During the May 16 episode of Raw , Naomi and Banks legitimately walked out of the show's venue over a creative dispute after a meeting with CEO Vince McMahon . This caused a change to the show's main event that originally involved both women. Naomi and Banks consequently received indefinite suspensions, and the title was vacated . In March 2023, Naomi stated she
7904-456: The opening months of 2008 on a losing streak, Serena disappeared in February from the promotion. During her hiatus, Serena got a nose job and breast implants in an attempt to get closer to a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment . Serena made a surprise return in late May when reigning champion Josie issued an open challenge, which Serena answered to win her second title. At the June 4 TV tapings, Serena stated her intentions to defend
8008-488: The promotion on July 10 in Korakuen Hall . Deeb confirmed this would be her final match on July 9. The following day, Deeb was defeated by Syuri in her retirement match. Despite her retirement, Deeb made an appearance for TNA on the June 25, 2015, episode of Impact Wrestling in an intergender tag team match. She teamed with James Storm in a losing effort against Mickie James and Magnus . Deeb returned to WWE for
8112-504: The returning Tamina. The duo went on to compete in a tag team match against The Bella Twins at Payback , during which Naomi and Tamina won. On the May 18 episode of Raw , Naomi competed in another championship match against Nikki Bella, where Bella retained the title after Tamina caused a disqualification, and was subsequently followed by Paige's return. Naomi then competed in a triple threat match against Paige and Nikki Bella at Elimination Chamber , however once again she failed to capture
8216-494: The ring leading to a match-up between Hosaka and Serena after the others had been chased off. Serena pinned Hosaka after a spear but her revenge was short-lived, as The Experience pinned her after a double inverted suplex slam , despite help from Allison Danger . En route to the tournament to crown the inaugural Shimmer Champion , Serena was involved in a car crash and thus could not participate. An interview with her opened Volume 12 , where she revealed her desire to challenge
8320-518: The ropes. She then rekindled her rivalry with Sara Del Rey, who made a speech criticizing her, leading to Serena main eventing Volume 36 in a Four-on-Four Tag Team Elimination match where Serena was eliminated second after Tomoka Nakagawa . In March 2011, Serena defeated Daizee Haze on Volume 37 and was victorious in a tag team match on Volume 38. Serena continued her rivalry with Portia Perez on Volume 39, defeating her via DQ. On Volume 40, Serena defeated Portia Perez, Cheerleader Melissa, and LuFisto in
8424-448: The school. She debuted on the November 4 OVW house show, teaming with Fuji Cakes in a losing effort against Shelly Martinez and Beth Phoenix . Beth Phoenix and Shelly Martinez also defeated her in January even with the new tag team partner of Venus (Rosa Salvage). She picked up her maiden victory over Shelly Martinez in February and over Beth Phoenix the following month. She and Fuji Cakes lost to Cherry Pie and Roni Jonah. Unhappy with
8528-674: The semifinals of a tournament for the Smash Diva Championship . On September 8, Serena suffered her first loss in Smash, when she was defeated by Kana in the finals of a tournament to crown the first ever Smash Diva Champion. On April 19, 2011, Deeb wrestled a dark match in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, however she lost to Winter . On October 22, 2011, Deeb announced that she was taking an indefinite break from wrestling, following her doctor's instructions after suffering
8632-462: The show's fifth season but once again returned as a main cast member for the sixth season. She then remained on the cast until the ninth and final season. In May 2014, she released her first single song, entitled "Dance All Night". The accompanying music video was released on WWE's YouTube channel. In 2017, she starred in the WWE Studios film The Marine 5: Battleground , playing the role of
8736-496: The team of Hope and Faith . On the May 19, 2009, episode of World Wrestling Entertainment's ECW on Sci Fi , Serena was seen standing backstage while Finlay was walking to the ring. Though Serena initially denied she signed with WWE, Shimmer promoter Dave Prazak confirmed that a contract had been negotiated on July 1, 2009. Serena made her debut on July 15, 2009, at a Florida Championship Wrestling house show where she teamed with Maria and Angela Fong to win against
8840-588: The team of Natalya , Layla and Alicia Fox in a six Diva Tag match. In her televised debut match, Serena defeated Layla . Her ring name was soon changed to Serena Mancini and once again to Mia Mancini, portraying the character of a mafia boss 's daughter. On August 14, Mancini pinned April Lee in a four-way match during the TV taping for FCW 's fiftieth episode to win a future opportunity to compete against Angela for her Queen of FCW crown. She followed up on September 3, though it would not air until October 4, with
8944-416: The title at all times, under 24/7 rules . Josie, who had assaulted her during the speech, took advantage of the rule in early July when Serena defended her title successfully against Reggie, only for Josie to attack her straight afterwards and win the title. Serena avenged this loss by similarly attacking Josie during a speech and winning the title back. The ruling proved too chaotic – at one point Serena gave
9048-568: The title but the match ended in disqualification. To settle their dispute, Serena, The Kat and Beth Phoenix closed out the year with a non-title no-disqualification three way, which Serena won. During 2007, Serena spent many weeks in a variety of tag team matches in an attempt to gain an opportunity at the Women's Champion and Phoenix too before competing in the Miss OVW Divalympics, though ODB would eventually win this competition. Serena went on an undefeated streak in March and April, but this
9152-451: The title. On the July 13 episode of Raw , after weeks of the Divas division being dominated by The Bella Twins and their ally Alicia Fox, Stephanie McMahon called for a " Divas Revolution ", subsequently introducing the debuting NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks to align with Naomi and Tamina, dubbed Team B.A.D., as well as Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch to align with Paige, leading to
9256-457: The towel . At Double or Nothing on May 26, Deeb failed to defeat Storm for the title. On the August 31 episode of Collision, Deeb would return in a four-way match for a shot at the TBS Championship . There, she would start a storyline with Queen Aminata where Deeb would interrupt her during a backstage interview where she offered Aminata to align with her, who declined. Deeb would go on
9360-450: The two continued to feud, exchanging victories in mixed tag team and six-man tag team matches. Eventually, ODB declared herself the inaugural Women's Champion , supposedly after winning a tournament in Rio de Janeiro . ODB retained the title in an eight-woman Battle Royal on the September 6 television tapings but in a four-way match , Serena finally managed to win the Women's Championship during
9464-577: The vacant NWA France Women's Championship, which she won. After winning the title, Serena travelled to France to defend the title under the International Catch Wrestling Alliance the following month. At Revolution V in Lille , she defended the title against three-time champion Bella Punk. Despite landing her Spear finisher, Punk's accomplice Gangrel turned the lights out in the arena from which Punk took advantage and pinned Serena after
9568-481: The women's Elimination Chamber match. On February 24, at Elimination Chamber: Perth , Naomi was unsuccessful in the match, being eliminated by Tiffany Stratton . On Night 1 of WrestleMania XL , Naomi teamed with Cargill and Bianca Belair where they defeated Damage CTRL in a six-woman tag team match. After defeating Stratton to become number one contender, Naomi faced Bayley for the WWE Women's Championship on
9672-467: Was a former TNA Knockouts World Champion . She returned to WWE in January 2024 at the Royal Rumble event . Outside of wrestling, Naomi danced for the basketball team the Orlando Magic as well as rapper Flo Rida . She appeared as one of the main cast members of WWE's reality television series Total Divas from 2013 to 2019 and acted in the 2017 film The Marine 5: Battleground . Trinity McCray
9776-443: Was a really unique opportunity. Seeing a woman getting her head shaved was so rare, you don't see it all that often in the history of wrestling. Getting to do it as my debut was really, really cool, and really powerful. I was also very scared about what I was going to look like. There were a lot of uncertainties, but it ended up being really, really great for my career." One week later, she reappeared with Punk and Luke Gallows , now as
9880-544: Was an on-screen manager for The Usos ( Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso ). As a solo competitor, Naomi held the SmackDown Women's Championship two times. With Sasha Banks , she obtained the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship in 2022. A month later, Naomi and Banks received indefinite suspensions from WWE after the two walked out due to a creative dispute. In 2023, Fatu stated she had departed the company and later performed as part of Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling , where she
9984-514: Was announced that Grace would challenge Trinity for the title. On January 13, 2024, at Hard To Kill , Trinity lost the TNA Knockouts World Championship to Grace, thus ending her reign at 182 days. On the January 25 episode of TNA Impact! , Trinity was unsuccessful in regaining the title in a rematch against Grace. Her last match with TNA was a pre-taped match that aired on the February 8 episode of Impact where she tagged with Grace to defeat Gisele Shaw and Savannah Evans . On January 27, 2024, at
10088-522: Was born in Sanford, Florida . She graduated from Oviedo High School . Before starting a career in wrestling, she was one of the dancers for the basketball team the Orlando Magic . She also starred as a background dancer for rapper Flo Rida . In August 2009, McCray signed a contract with WWE , where she reported to their then- developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). On June 20, 2010, Naomi defeated Serena Deeb on FCW TV to become
10192-423: Was brought to a halt by Lea in May. On May 11, she and her team lost a 2/3 tug of war contest, but beat them in the wrestling tag match immediately afterwards. It would not be until September before she received another shot at the title. Milena Roucka picked up the victory in this six-way match-up, while Serena also lost a non-title match the following week in an attempt to prove her contendership. After spending
10296-457: Was defeated by Naomi Night. On the January 22, 2010, edition of SmackDown , Serena appeared, playing the part of an audience member , before jumping over the crowd barrier to join CM Punk 's group of straight edge followers; as part of the initiation, she agreed to have her head shaved bald. In a later podcast interview with wrestling journalist Brady Hicks , Serena said of the head shaving: "It
10400-414: Was eliminated by Sasha Banks. In September, she underwent surgery to remove a fibroid . As part of the 2020 WWE Draft in October, Naomi was drafted back to the Raw brand. She returned at Royal Rumble in January 2021 during the 30-woman Royal Rumble match, entering at number 2, where she was eliminated by Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax. She teamed with Lana to compete in a tag team turmoil match during
10504-417: Was eliminated from the eponymous match by Lexxus , having made it to the final two. In January 2011, Serena made her first excursion to Japan. While working for Yoshihiro Tajiri 's promotion Smash , she wrestled Syuri at Smash.12 and won the match. She remained undefeated by beating Makoto on Smash.13 , Kana on Smash.17 , Tomoka Nakagawa on Smash.19 in the first round and Syuri on Smash.20 in
10608-587: Was no longer with WWE. On April 28, 2023, Fatu made her Impact Wrestling debut during the tapings of Impact! , which aired on tape delay on May 4, under the ring name Trinity. She appeared during a confrontation involving herself, Impact Knockouts World Champion Deonna Purrazzo , and Jordynne Grace , during which she proclaimed her intention to win the title. On May 26 at Under Siege , Trinity competed in her first pay-per-view match since WrestleMania 38, defeating Gisele Shaw . At Slammiversary in July 15, Trinity defeated Purrazzo via submission to win
10712-663: Was released on April 15, 2020, amid company-wide cutbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Deeb made her All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on September 2, 2020, episode of Dynamite , losing to NWA Women's Champion , Thunder Rosa . On September 21, AEW announced that she had signed with the promotion. On September 22, in her first appearance on AEW Dark , Deeb defeated Kilynn King, gaining her first victory in AEW. On October 27, 2020, Deeb faced Rosa again during United Wrestling Network's Primetime Live event , where Deeb defeated Rosa to become
10816-451: Was to reclaim the Shimmer Championship. After the main event closed, Del Rey hit the ring and attacked MsChif until Serena appeared to fight in MsChif's corner; the referee quickly declared their impromptu bout another match where, after taking yet another severe beating, Serena finally managed to defeat Del Rey. After another post-match assault, MsChif came to save Serena making the event end with
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